Hire QA Automation Engineers in India
Hire QA automation engineers in India without setting up a local entity. Akross handles employment administration while you manage testing, automation, and release quality.
Build Your QA Team in India
Software quality depends on consistent testing, reliable automation, and identifying defects before they affect production environments. As applications become more complex, internal development teams may struggle to maintain sufficient testing coverage alongside regular feature development.
Hiring your first offshore QA engineer can help address this capacity gap without immediately expanding your existing engineering infrastructure.
However, international hiring also introduces employment documentation, payroll administration, and local compliance responsibilities. Establishing your own Indian entity before making a first hire may add unnecessary administrative work.
Akross helps international companies employ QA automation engineers in India through an EOR arrangement without first establishing their own Indian legal entity, where the arrangement is appropriate.
Your company selects the engineer and defines the testing responsibilities. Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd serves as the employing entity, while Akross coordinates the agreed local employment administration.
This allows your QA engineer to work within your existing development and release processes while your business retains control over software quality.
How the EOR arrangement works
Your company
Selects the engineer and defines the testing responsibilities
Akross
Coordinates the agreed local employment administration
Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd
Serves as the employing entity
Your QA automation engineer in India
Runs tests, builds automation, and reports defects
Make Your First Offshore QA Hire With Confidence
For companies new to offshore hiring, starting with a clearly defined QA role can make the transition easier to manage.
Testing responsibilities can be established around measurable activities such as test execution, regression coverage, automation development, defect reporting, and release validation.
Your engineering team can define the initial scope, provide access to the required testing environments, and evaluate work against existing quality standards.
An EOR arrangement provides the local employment structure for this hire without requiring your company to establish its own Indian entity first.
You remain responsible for technical direction and testing outcomes. Akross coordinates the agreed employment administration through Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd.
The EOR model does not guarantee testing quality or eliminate offshore delivery risks. Clear test requirements, documentation, communication, and technical management remain important.
QA and Testing Professionals You Can Hire
From test automation to release validation, bring on QA professionals who help keep your software reliable, stable, and ready for release.
QA Automation Engineers
Develop and maintain automated test scripts, testing frameworks, regression suites, and quality validation processes for your applications.
Manual QA Testers
Execute functional, exploratory, usability, and compatibility testing to identify application defects and unexpected behaviour.
Software Test Engineers
Support test planning, test case development, defect tracking, and verification across different stages of software development.
Automation Test Engineers
Build automated testing workflows using tools and frameworks aligned with your development environment.
Performance Test Engineers
Evaluate application performance, response times, scalability, and system behaviour under different workloads.
API Test Engineers
Validate API functionality, integrations, response structures, and application communication using appropriate testing tools.
You stay in control
You can define the programming languages, automation frameworks, testing tools, application experience, and technical responsibilities required for each position.
Strengthen Testing Before Every Release
A dedicated QA engineer can help your development team establish more consistent testing practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
Improve Regression Coverage
Maintain automated regression tests to identify whether new code changes affect existing application functionality.
Identify Defects Earlier
Introduce structured testing into development workflows so issues can be identified and reported before they reach production.
Support Continuous Integration
Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD workflows to help teams validate changes more consistently.
Improve Release Readiness
Provide documented test results, defect reports, and quality feedback to support informed release decisions.
Your company defines the acceptance criteria, testing priorities, and release requirements. The QA engineer works within those standards as part of your development team.
How Our Hiring Process Works
- 1Define
- 2Select
- 3Terms
- 4Onboard
- 5Integrate
Define Your Testing Requirements
Identify the application, testing scope, required experience, automation frameworks, programming languages, work location, working hours, and intended joining date.
Specify whether you need manual testing, automation, API testing, performance testing, or a combination of responsibilities.
Select Your QA Engineer
Your team evaluates candidates against the technical requirements and makes the selection decision.
Candidate sourcing and recruitment assistance can be discussed separately if required. Confirm the agreed service scope before assuming recruitment is included.
Confirm Employment Terms
After selecting a candidate, the employment terms, compensation, start date, documentation, and applicable statutory requirements are reviewed.
Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd serves as the employing entity under the agreed EOR arrangement.
Complete Employment Onboarding
Akross coordinates the agreed employment documentation, payroll setup, employee records, and applicable statutory administration.
The onboarding timeline depends on candidate availability, documentation readiness, required checks, and other relevant dependencies.
Integrate QA Into Your Development Workflow
Your team provides access to the required applications, testing environments, repositories, test management systems, automation tools, and development documentation.
Define testing responsibilities, reporting processes, defect priorities, and release expectations before the engineer begins work.
How quickly can you hire?
The process may progress within days when a suitable candidate is available and the required employment documentation is ready. Recruitment requirements, notice periods, approvals, and onboarding dependencies may extend the timeline. Akross will discuss a realistic joining date based on your requirements.
You Control Software Quality
Your company remains responsible for testing strategy, technical direction, and release decisions. Akross coordinates the agreed local employment administration through Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd.
Your team leads
- Testing strategy, quality standards, and acceptance criteria.
- Test priorities, sprint assignments, and release schedules.
- Automation frameworks and testing tool selection.
- Defect prioritization and issue resolution decisions.
- Test reporting, technical feedback, and work-related performance expectations.
Akross coordinates
- Employment contracts and onboarding documentation.
- Payroll processing and applicable statutory administration.
- Employee records and agreed HR support.
- Leave administration and relevant employee processes.
- Offboarding documentation and employment formalities.
This division allows your engineering team to manage testing activities while Akross coordinates local employment administration. Formal employment responsibilities should be documented and managed in accordance with the agreed contracts and applicable Indian law.
Employment, Compliance & Security
A Named Indian Employer
Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd is the employing entity under the EOR arrangement described on this page. Relevant statutory registrations and accounts are maintained under the registered entity as applicable.
Specific employment and payroll obligations depend on the employment arrangement, employee circumstances, work location, and current Indian requirements.
Quality and Information Security
Amulya Infotech has stated ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications. Verify the current certificates and their scope before relying on them for a specific service or security requirement.
QA engineers may access application source code, test environments, customer information, test datasets, and internal development systems.
Your organization should establish appropriate confidentiality and intellectual property obligations, role-based access permissions, secure authentication, test-data handling procedures, and access-removal controls.
Where production or personal data is involved, use suitable test datasets and ensure testing practices comply with applicable data-protection requirements.
Permanent Establishment Risk
An EOR arrangement does not automatically eliminate Permanent Establishment (PE) or other corporate tax risks.
Exposure depends on your company’s activities in India, employee responsibilities, contractual authority, applicable domestic law, and relevant tax treaties.
Obtain qualified tax advice to assess your circumstances, particularly where employees represent your business, negotiate contracts, or undertake activities that could create a taxable presence.
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Build a Reliable QA Team in India
Hire QA automation engineers in India without setting up a local entity. Akross coordinates employment administration while you manage testing workflows, automation frameworks, and software release quality.
Scale or Transition Your Team
Your testing requirements may change as your application grows, release cycles become more frequent, or your business introduces additional products.
Add QA Professionals
Discuss additional automation engineers, manual testers, API testers, and performance testing specialists as your testing requirements expand.
Expand Test Automation Coverage
Increase testing capacity across applications, integrations, regression suites, and release workflows according to your quality objectives.
Transition to Your Own Indian Entity
If you later establish an Indian company, a transition may be possible after reviewing employment contracts, employee arrangements, legal requirements, and statutory obligations. Address continuity of service, accrued benefits, outstanding payments, and relevant tax considerations before proceeding.
The appropriate transition process depends on your circumstances and the agreements in place.
FAQs
Answers to common questions about hiring QA automation engineers and software testers in India with Akross, from the legal employer and notice periods to team expansion and transition.
Can we hire QA automation engineers in India without setting up a local entity?
Yes. An eligible EOR arrangement through Akross and Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd can allow your company to employ QA professionals in India without first establishing its own Indian entity.
Who employs our QA engineers?
Under the arrangement described on this page, Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd is the employing entity. Akross coordinates the agreed EOR services and employment administration.
Can we hire both manual and automation testers?
Yes. You can define requirements for manual QA testers, automation engineers, API testers, performance testers, and other software testing specialists.
Can our engineering team manage QA engineers directly?
Your organization can define testing priorities, assign work, review test results, manage defect reporting, and establish release requirements. Formal employment responsibilities must remain consistent with the agreed arrangement and applicable law.
How quickly can a QA engineer join?
The timeline depends on candidate availability, notice periods, documentation, required checks, and onboarding readiness. A realistic joining date should be agreed after reviewing these factors.
Who handles payroll and statutory administration?
Akross coordinates the agreed employment administration through the employing entity. Applicable payroll and statutory obligations are handled according to relevant requirements and contractual responsibilities.
Can QA engineers work with our existing automation frameworks?
Yes. You can specify your preferred testing frameworks, programming languages, tools, application environment, and development workflows when defining the role.
How is our application information protected?
Your company should establish confidentiality obligations, secure access permissions, appropriate test-data handling, and access-removal procedures. Employment documentation can address confidentiality and related responsibilities.
Can we expand our QA team later?
Yes. Additional hires can be discussed as your testing requirements grow, subject to candidate availability, onboarding readiness, and the agreed service arrangement.
Can we transfer employees to our own Indian entity later?
A future transition may be possible, subject to contractual terms, employee arrangements, legal review, and applicable employment obligations.
Does an EOR eliminate Permanent Establishment risk?
No. An EOR does not automatically eliminate PE or other corporate tax risks. Your business activities, employee responsibilities, contractual arrangements, and applicable tax rules should be assessed with qualified tax advisers.
Build Your QA Team With Akross
Hire QA automation engineers and software testing professionals in India through an employment arrangement designed to support local employment administration while your company retains control over testing strategy and release quality.
Akross combines its dedicated focus on India EOR services with the experience of Amulya Infotech India Pvt Ltd, an India-based IT outsourcing and support company founded in 2001.